Blood sugar diet thread 10

[thenewaveragebear1983]

New thread for the Blood Sugar dieters

Link to our old thread;

Blood sugar diet thread 9 www.mumsnet.com/Talk/fasting_diet/3143559-blood-sugar-diet-thread-9

Yes I thought I'd not been too awful today but was at nearly 1200! It was the avocado. Good though.

Oh good so we all have a pass till Tuesday. That sounds good. The lovely weather has brought out my “need” for wine, which has increased my appetite. Nothing too disastrous but calories far too high for any weight loss.

I’ve been ok carbs wise, but have had rather a lot of calories. I’m just loosely following a strategy of only eating at mealtimes but having as much as I like, (but no snacks or grazing)- no idea if it’s working as I’ve not weighed myself, but if it does work I might adopt it as a strategy while on holiday too. It is quite a manageable way of sticking to the plan but not going overboard, but not feeling deprived.

Yay- stuck to salad and 6 chips at the beach and today I’m rewarded with 2lb off . I’m 12.5lbs down so far after 18 days so I’m feeling pretty pleased.

Oh well done! Hope you had a lovely time at the beach.

I'm still stuck on my set weight, just as I knew I would be. The scales have started to flicker down a lb so maybe tomorrow.

Out all afternoon in the sunshine with my Brownies at an activity place.

Brunch: large ham omelette I think
D: possibly roast chicken and veg

Argh!! This is killing me! Only 3lbs off after 2 weeks! Obviously need to do more than I’m doing! Ugh!
Butchers meat marinated not helped as guesswork. Cocktail eve not helped and curry night at beginning prob not helped despite being really good!
Think I need to up the exercise too but HATE exercise! Ugh!

Thanks averagebear. No drinking yesterday and feeling back to normal, ie, a bit hungry but manageable. It's amazing how powerful the insulin thing is - I would have sold my youngest for a piece of toast yesterday morning
Admittedly I skim read the book a bit, but is there much in there about what to do to maintain after the 8 weeks?

Firstaid there isn’t much by way of maintenance in the book, and we’ve all had differing experiences of how it’s worked in practice. it depends on if you reach your target or if you have more to lose as well? Some can reintroduce some carbs successfully, whereas for me I found I just gained a lot- it’s working better for me to have more calories but still avoid the carbs

That's interesting, thanks. After how I felt after the Friday booze it's made me worry about how I'll cope with any carbs after the 8 weeks! But I guess if I wasn't on the 800 calories, at least with a bit of a hangover and carb craving I could have had a full English minus toast or something.
I had a minor fall off the wagon today with a tiny tub of ice cream, but I think I'll still come in under 1000 calories, so not disastrous. It's pretty tempting to sit in the garden with a drink once the kids are in bed tonight, mind you..

I caved and had a peppermint aero. It was so good. Onwards and upwards.

Another outrageous day but we have been on the road so it has been difficult. Tomorrow I am starting again!

Going to put my calories into MFP tonight but think it will be mainly omelette, Quorn and lots of veg.

I daren't weigh myself until Tuesday

Well done all who stayed the course this weekend and guilty smirk at fellow piglets!

Firstaid I am not quite at target yet, but I’m not far off (about 7lbs ish). I have done very strict rounds before but this time I’ve been more lenient, partly to help me ease into maintenance when I get where I want to be because that’s where I’ve gone wrong previously. So, I have a mixture of: a few stricter days each week (>50g carbs and >1000 calories); a few days where I don’t count calories (or only do a rudimentary tally up at the end of the day) and a few days of higher calories but counted. This is working for me to lose 2lbs a week, but it’s so easy to stick to. The key is completely avoiding (pretty much without exception) pasta, rice, bread, cereal, potato, sugar. If I have a big week or my weight starts to plateau I do a more strict week. I exercise as well and that helps me stay on track (I don’t think it actually helps the losses)

Today I ran 10km, I’ve done 20k steps, and we’ve been very busy! I haven’t calorie counted but I’ve eaten: some cheese, a very miserable salad (leaves, carrot sticks and a piece of chicken!), a bit more cheese and ham, a salad with a beef short rib and avocado, and I’ve just had some strawberries with cream and a tiny smudge of this high protein low carb ice cream (4 g carbs per 2 scoops although it is artificially sweetened). I feel full and well fed!! Plus will have a glass of red tonight as it’s bank holiday!

Weird day today. Started off poorly - I've got into the habit of no breakfast except a cup of tea unless I'm in the office so didn't plan anything. We ended up going to the local national trust place and stopped off in the cafe. Kids and dh decided they fancied lunch there but there was nothing on plan so I had a dairy Lee triangle and a load of water. We then went of to some other places and didn't get home til 2 by which time I was starved. I got really miserable and crabby and got a lecture from dh (who is normally hugely supportive) about being too inflexible and a bit silly.

I made a nice spinach and ricotta frittata for dinner and had a small scoop of the Oppo ice cream (on offer in Waitrose). Found this nice if a bit too sweet.

Hmmmm. End on week 4 today and plateau week so need to start seeing a bit of movement as I can feel myself waivering.........,,

Bear and other longer term dieters did you find any strategies for dealing with the binge mentality? I haven't had terribly bad cravings on this diet but since going off plan I've gone back into the old binge mentality - I have broken the plan therefore might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb. Hoovering up everything in sight. Does the binge mentality get easier to manage?

ChocEgg given I’ve only been doing this 2 weeks or so I’ve not hit the ‘binge mentality’. But I think to keep on track and not binge we need to be kind to ourselves when we have a blip. See it as a blip and not a disaster or a failure. Don’t beat ourselves up about it. And don’t listen to that idiot voice saying ‘what the hell let’s eat crap!’

Erm......well. When I’m in a binge mood i sometimes still do, except now I would just call it ‘over eating’ as I usually binge on ‘allowed foods’. Bread, cereal, etc I do find I completely need to avoid them or I will go looking for them later. I haven’t binged on chocolate this year (although I have eaten it, planned, a couple of times). There are lots of foods that are technically ok but I won’t buy them because I will eat them all. (Nuts, Stilton)

However... I still crave a binge every now and then. I daydream about bingeing, I think about it in the supermarket, think ‘I’m going to buy x,y,z and eat it all in the car on the way home. I find though that this diet gives me those few seconds I need to decide it’s not a great idea. I actually a bit scared now that I’ll fall off the wagon and gain lots of weight, or that I’ll not be able to exercise for some reason and gain lots.

Binge eating is an incredibly complex disorder, and incredibly ritualistic. My advice would be to a) find an alternative ‘ritual’ for something positive, such as a daily workout or walk, and b) find something that gives you your dopamine/endorphins boost that you don’t be Getting from bingeing any more. Usually when I binge or get binge fantasies it’s because I’m tired, or emotional and I try to catch myself and do my ritual instead. BSD just gives me that little bit of time to decide this, rather than waking up with chocolate all over my face thinking ‘what the hell just happened?!’

Thanks. Everything was unstructured this weekend- travelling, staying somewhere with no cooking facilities and a continental breakfast that was all breads or cereals. No chance to do the usual evening walk which is definitely part of the positive alternative ritual. But I'm going to be in this situation again so I guess I need to not overestimate my own willpower and find other strategies. I want to do at least another fortnight on the strict stage and probably longer.

Ooh ChocEgg not sure I’d class that as binge eating but circumstantial. Seems a lot was stacked against you this weekend and it’s hard to go along with everyone if the foods on offer aren’t right. You’ve got me thinking though that maybe I need to plan food next weekend when I’m away staying at friends etc. That’s going to be tricky isn’t it? Can’t take my own.

Sounds like PhyllisWig has a similar weekend. It’s not too bad if at home but out & about????

I've officially now lost 0lb in week 2. Seems a bit harsh as I was under 1000 cals most days.

It was a very stressful week re work last week though, so I had maybe four double g&ts over the week (not much for me tbh). I do think alcohol stalls me completely.

Oh well.

Re tricky weekends, that is where 5:2 works really well instead. Would it be possible to throw in a couple of days like that?

Morning everyone. I’ve just weighed in, couldn’t resist not seeing the damage done this weekend, but amazingly I am still 10.10 so that’s a maintain! Naturally I am very happy with that, I’m going to continue with my ‘meals only’ strategy and meal plan today for the week ahead to try and get back and lose a few pounds more before we go away. I do have afternoon tea on Saturday, but I have decided that I am going to eat it rather than worry about it- it’s one meal after all, and provided I plan around it, it should be ok.

Still no loss here . That means official weekly loss of 1lb.

I've stayed below 900 every day and on plan even if I have been all over the shop. I am due on but that doesn't usually make me stall for a week. Does explain why I've found this week hard though. Bum

Happy bank holiday everyone. Do lots of jolly things

Hi, I've just finished my first week and weighed in. I've lost 2.3kg (5lbs) and my goal is to lose 10kg so I'm really pleased with that. I've been strictly under 800 daily but have eaten carrots, sweetcorn, beetroot and grapes so not strictly low carb, but no bread, rice etc. I'm really pleased with the results so far. I've been using the BSD forum but now I've found this one I can keep up with this group too.

Enjoy the sunshine today

Brilliant - well done.